Articles tagged ‘TEFL Training’
Student-Centered Activities
By Katie | December 31st, 2007 |
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Brigh-eyed and bushy-tailed … or something like that … in the early stages of my TEFL course I came across a bunch of new concepts. It occurs to me now that when people ask “what is a CELTA (or other certificate course) like?”, explaining some of these – and how we would “practice” them [...]
Three Reasons To Get Your TEFL Certification Right Now
By Katie | July 22nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
There are three reasons to get your TEFL certificate now: CELTA, Trinity TESOL, TEFL International, SIT, take your pick, but make your choice soon.
As I mentioned in When To Do a TEFL Course, there are benefits to taking a course at any time of year; some schools, especially those with many business clients, hire year [...]
The CELTA And Grammar
By Katie | July 5th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
TEFL trainees are often understandably nervous about grammar. Will you learn grammar in the CELTA or another TEFL certification course?
It’s hard to generalize, blah blah blah as usual, but my answer – based on my CELTA course – is no, you won’t learn it but you will be expected to inform yourself to a [...]
Unqualified Teachers In China? From Insights Into TEFL
By Katie | June 28th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Insights Into TEFL recently expanded on the notion that there are many teachers billed as “unqualified” working in China.
On the one hand, I would not want to imply that training isn’t important; I think it is, and I believe that training in communicative method, like that in the CELTA and many other TEFL certification courses, [...]
From The Guardian: Unprepared To Teach?
By Katie | June 12th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The TEFL section of the Guardian Education site recently featured an article by a teacher who basically found himself in over his head in Japan teaching English after a twenty-four hour tefl course. His work involved managing a class of toddlers as well as teaching business English classes.
He describes the feeling of not knowing [...]
Teaching 1:1’s
By Katie | May 14th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
(by Tedkarma)
Tedkarma is back to share some comments on teaching one to one lessons. Start here for his previous contributions to the TEFL Logue, and visit his website - TEFL Daddy - for tips on all things TEFL.
One of the hottest debates on TEFL forms tends to be about the teaching of private students [...]
What Should I Tell Students About My Training?
By Katie | April 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
It can be an awkward moment when students want to know how you’ve been trained to teach them. Native speaker EFL teachers are hired to do work that is substantially different from that of university professors or, say, elementary school reading teachers, and as such, I don’t think a four-week intensive training [...]
Three Weeks To Learn A Language…And Then Teach It
By Katie | April 9th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
If you think a four-week intensive TEFL course is a weak foundation on which to base further teaching, have a look at this idea: from the Guardian Education section, “Members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) condemned suggestions that staff would be given three weeks to learn a language before teaching it in [...]
Interview With A Recent TEFL Course Graduate, Kineta In Wisconsin
By Katie | April 7th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Kineta Abraham recently completed an intensive TEFL course at the Wisconsin English as a Second Language Institute in Madison, Wisconsin, which included 130 hours of instruction as well as real teaching practice. I learned about Kineta’s course when I saw her ESL Base TEFL Trainee Course Diary – this is where she chronicled her [...]
Interview With A Recent TEFL Course Graduate, Kineta In Wisconsin (Part 2)
By Katie | April 7th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
In Part 1, Kineta described how her TEFL course changed her outlook on teaching. Continue here to find out more about the challenges and rewards as well as her advice for others.
What was the most difficult part of the course?
Kineta cites “getting and more importantly staying organized” as the most challenging aspect of the [...]
